Pioneros

The history of Puerto Ricans in the so-called "Babel of Steel" dates back more than a century. Through hundreds of images of the "pioneers"-those Puerto Rican migrants who established themselves in New York City between the 1890s and the end of World War II-we capture a glimpse of their daily lives and of their individual and collective stories. This rich collection of images from the Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College helps to examine the history of the Puerto Rican community at a time when it was spreading its roots in New York City's social, political,...

Desde la Antigüedad, el estudio sobre el pasado ha llevado a la recopilación de numerosos documentos y al desarrollo de una producción histórica que se atesora en nuestras bibliotecas y archivos. La Historia se almacena pero se constituye, asimismo, en un gran almacén generador y difusor de interpretaciones sobre las que meditar. Eso es precisamente lo que pretende este volumen redactado por especialistas en diferentes ramas del conocimiento, reflexionar sobre obras, historiadores y corrientes historiográficas que han determinado nuestra forma de ver la Historia.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Historias y travesías por la libertad te invita a emprender este viaje al pasado de Suramérica, donde la gente común luchó hombro a hombro junto con quienes se convirtieron en personajes destacados de la historia que no hubieran logrado la independencia sin la participación decidida de la gente de a pie. Aquí te vamos a mostrar que ese pasado, tan remoto a veces, está ligado a ti y que compartes una historia común no solamente con las otras personas que habitan tu país, sino con todo un continente.